Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community, Rev. 2.1 (NACE Rev. 2.1) - Section U

This division only includes activities of private households as employers of domestic personnel.

The output of these activities is considered production in the European system of accounts (ESA), and for this purpose and for certain surveys this division has been included in NACE Rev. 2.1. The same activities when carried out by independent service providers (as opposed to domestic staff employed and paid by the household) are not classified here (for example, babysitting activities (class 88.91), washing of textiles (class 96.10) and valet activities (class 96.99).

This class includes households’ employment of domestic personnel (for example, cooks, cleaners, gardeners, chauffeurs, caretakers, babysitters, personal assistants).

This allows the employed domestic personnel to state the activity of their employer in censuses or studies, even though the employer is an individual. The product produced by this activity is consumed by the employing household.

This division includes the undifferentiated subsistence goods-producing and services-producing activities of households.

Households should be classified here only if it is impossible to identify a primary activity for the subsistence activities of the household. If the household engages in market activities, it should be classified according to the primary market activity carried out.

This class includes the undifferentiated subsistence goods-producing activities of households, in other words, the activities of households that are engaged in a variety of activities that produce goods for their own subsistence. These activities include hunting and gathering, farming, and the production of shelter, clothing and other goods by the household for its own subsistence.

This class includes the undifferentiated subsistence service-producing activities of households. These activities include cooking, teaching, caring for household members and other services produced by the household for its own subsistence.